Specializable (Javacord 3.3.0 (api) Documentation)

Type Parameters:

S - The base type of which subclasses are eligible to be cast.

All Known Subinterfaces:

AudioSource, AudioSourceBaseDelegate, BufferableAudioSource, Categorizable, Channel, ChannelCategory, ChannelSpecialization, CustomEmoji, DownloadableAudioSource, Emoji, GroupChannel, KnownCustomEmoji, PauseableAudioSource, PrivateChannel, SeekableAudioSource, ServerChannel, ServerStageVoiceChannel, ServerTextChannel, ServerVoiceChannel, TextChannel, VoiceChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AudioSourceBase, SilentAudioSource
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public interface Specializable<S>
```
An object that may be specialized further and recast as a subclass.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  default <T extends S> Optional<T> as(Class<T> type)
  Get this instance as a desired subtype.

- Method Detail
  - as
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default <T extends S> Optional<T> as(Class<T> type)
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    Get this instance as a desired subtype.
    If the instance is not castable to the specified type, the Optional will be empty.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The desired type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The type as which to obtain this instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns an Optional of this instance if it could be cast, otherwise an empty result.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - If the type is null.